Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 19:06:13 +0200
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> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:54:34 +0100 (MET)
> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
> > 
> > IMHO, this belongs to the GCC manual (but someone from this list
> > should submit the changes to GCC maintainers), since MSDOS is defined
> > in `specs'.
> 
> But we wrote those specs, not the GCC guys. So it seems to be in our
> ballpark.

That's why I suggested that someone from this forum submits the docs
patch.

>    The C preprocessor normally has several predefined macros that vary
> between machines because their purpose is to indicate what type of
> system and machine is in use.  This manual, being for all systems and
> machines, cannot tell you exactly what their names are; instead, we
> offer a list of some typical ones.  You can use `cpp -dM' to see the
> values of predefined macros; see *Note Invocation::.

Yes, I know about "gcc -E -dM".  But I don't think this should be a
reason not to document the predefined macros in the manual.  Many
programs show their options when invoked with --help, but the manual
still documents these options.